Kitchen

[Feline Fine]

"Me hablo espanol un poco". (I speak a little Spanish). But my computer doesn't do the 'squiggly' over the n, LOL.

My mom was from Germany but lived internationally as a child, and she spoke fluent Spanish, semi-fluent French, and some Portuguese and Italian. She started teaching me a bit when I was about 3 or so, and thereafter.

I also took Spanish in junior high school, but unfortunately not in senior high school. And I really wish I had kept up with it!

But thankfully, there are a multitude of free courses online, as well as books, software (like Rosetta Stone), and courses (like Berlitz) to purchase if you wish.

You have the right idea re: those cooking shows, Barbara. Many foreigners learned English by watching American television. Experts say that listening to and/or watching conversational Spanish or another language is the easiest way to pick it up.

And whichever you learn first - Spanish or Italian - will help you speak the other as they are somewhat similar, along with Portuguese.

[Marienkaefer2]

Yes, I speak Italian, German, and Spanish. I also studied four years of Russian in college.

I've also recently started learning Portuguese online...I've always loved that language.

[gazelle77]

On 7/18/2014 Marienkaefer2 said:

Yes, I speak Italian, German, and Spanish. I also studied four years of Russian in college.

I've also recently started learning Portuguese online...I've always loved that language.

Me too! I also speak fluent Greek!

[GCR18]

I took two semesters of Spanish in college. I can speak three or four words, so no I can't speak another language.

[ennui1]

On 7/18/2014 Feline Fine said:

"Me hablo espanol un poco". (I speak a little Spanish). But my computer doesn't do the 'squiggly' over the n, LOL.

That is appalling.

"Yo hablo espanol un po." With the tilde.

[chi5925]

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[lovesrecess]

Spanish and I understand enough French and Dutch to know what my Christmas gifts would be when my relatives would talk in front of me, But I don't speak a lot of French

[Alsee]

I try to speak the same language as my kids- or at least try to understand it. Does that count?

[moondust]

I speak only two languages fluently; German which was my lst language till the age of 5 and then of course English. Kinda easy since I was born in Germany and my dear Mother is German (my Mother speaks/writes in German, French and English...fluently) and we still speak German with one another almost each day. My son was brought up also speaking both English and German.

The lst time coming to the US as a child, I spoke no English and my first friend, was a sweet little girl next door and we played together all summer long before kindergarten. Well, we were "suppose" to be speaking...English, but she was Spanish, was speaking Spanish to me and I was speaking German to her. According to my Mother, one day she asked me a question and I answered in....Spanish!! Opps!! Our Mother's got "together" and put us with other children in the neighborhood that spoke only English and I guess that solved the issue of being able to head off to kindergarten speaking the correct language! I took Spanish in High School (college German) and can still understand and communicate, but writing not so much, therefore not fluent.

And living over half my life in Europe I can get "by" with my French, Italian and Dutch comes pretty easy for Germans!! I always desired to learn Russian, Polish or Chinese...maybe I can still give it a go.

smiles

moondust

[corita]

On 7/18/2014 ennui1 said:

On 7/18/2014 Feline Fine said:

"Me hablo espanol un poco". (I speak a little Spanish). But my computer doesn't do the 'squiggly' over the n, LOL.

That is appalling.

"Yo hablo espanol un po." With the tilde.

I was born/raised in Latin America - speak fluent Spanish/English, pretty good at French and understand Italian and bit of Portuguese!! Actually it is - "Hablo un poco Español"...